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Part 3: Why The PF Will Win In 2016; The Curious Case of The Bitter Soul & The Toothless Dog
By Kasabo S. Kalussa
The economy was performing and the kwacha was buoyant. People were generally happy but still Micheal stood in the political dock as the accused.
Sweeping to power on a pro-poor platform the PF faces detractors on all fronts. The opponent is all out to get political blood and they are many.
Whilst President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front are sanitizing the nation of the 101 demons left by the previous administration, there are people who inherently do not seem to have the interests of the general citizenry at heart.
They have vowed to remain in the opposition for as long as it will take. That nevertheless is not a problem, after all Zambia is a viable democracy and opposition politics are what are espoused as part of its values.
It is not surprising too that they have remained on the other side of the fence consistently. Groupings of a similar make have sprung up in the past but have later died a natural but often painful death.
However, the existence of today’s opposition groupings and their leaders is not even a factor.
But the methods and tools that they have implored are what is threatening to Zambia’s stability.
In their relentless struggle for political power, they have highly developed charged souls and have subsequently become bitter.
Their common hatred for all things PF is not only political but has developed into a personal vendetta!
They are ready to have State House to themselves whatever it takes, be it using their blind regional followers as tools in unnecessary violent acts.
And yet others are even ready to show up in borrowed posh cars before the gates of the residence of the Head of State even without a prior appointment. For some, it was not even easy for their flock to have a glimpse of them when they were men of the pulpit.
Among the most notable forces they have at their disposal is a toothless dog that roams the cyber world churning out unmitigated and false propaganda. It claims to keep a watch on the country but what it does is stir anarchy and fear
The PF and its leaders have unfortunately been subjected to a relentless campaign of ridicule and hate. But the whole country is watching.
The nation is ready and it has opened its eyes to see such hate. Even those that never had chemistry with the mass appeal of the PF are now convinced this is the people’s party that would absorb all regardless of ethnicity colour or creed.
What the Patriotic Front encapsulates is the desire to see a united Zambia where even the most disadvantaged would rise up through the file and tumble of life to be successful.
In all this, a dig in the archives is a powerful lesson. Our politics have consistently rejected party’s anchored on hate and division and they have embraced those whose values make emphasis on a prosperous Zambia.
It is these values that have seen the PF through the thick of it and have secured a place among the minds of many in face of 2016.
Posted by
nyatu
July 27, 2012 at 2:38 pm
pf stragled for 10years these opposition ar just ambiciaus to b in state house u shud wait bane 4 20 years
Jojo
July 27, 2012 at 3:56 pm
2016 is game over for this tribalistic and nepotistic and family government. no where in the world have we ever seen a whole family left right centre ruling. even illiterates are holding positions they do not even understand what they are all about. nowonder the continuing flip flops. Zambia is not bemba land. we will see.
wazanga
July 27, 2012 at 4:04 pm
too bad for you dear pf mulilo.
LIFE GOES ROUND
July 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm
My God who is ever loving and does not know tribe nor race will decide! AMEN.
Tupac `tha king`
July 27, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Jojo chikala matole yobe ngati chinakubaba hang yourself mathashit mathastanina who told you not to be a bemba mabolo?Editor keep tha fire burning fack me and you kalibolo.
yeah
July 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm
The people who really made PF won are not the original hardcore PF supporters who voted for Sata in 2008.Its the not so hardcore who jst wanted RB to go.These are the voters PF is likely to lose in 2016 coz they r not likely to make any significant change in 4 years as they seem to have no direction 11 months afta coming to power.
King Musula Wenu
July 27, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Hold your fire my subjects. I have given PF the mandate to control the economy. PF will continue until HH is no more. Period!!!!!!!!!!
Magwazavi
July 27, 2012 at 7:52 pm
pf will do well to fufill what they promised other than clinging to working with people who stole for 20yrs.
Mwaba
July 27, 2012 at 8:03 pm
PF, i think i wasted my vote. Am trying HH come 2016
no way
July 27, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Useless article. Author should stop suppressing f@rts. They travel up to your brain and that’s where sh!tty ideas like in the article come from
Special Agent Dr. M.
July 28, 2012 at 12:54 am
yeah the question is to lose to who? See if PF status quo remains the same 4 years from now, we likely to see much voter apathy. But of course PF intends to change the game plan. May restore retaintion allowance, as they said they – fund defence to create some jobs etc, so eventualy people shall appreciate, and still vote for them, because MMD really is a finished party even if they were to go in pact with UPND, which may even make te later unpopular, remember the tag of late FTJ gave MMD?i can tell by then a number of MMD officials shall have been convicted. GOD BLESS ZAMBIA
Bric Brac
July 28, 2012 at 6:32 am
For democracy to flourish,any government should have opposition, It is amazing how some people should think that only those that support PF are more Zambian than others. Please let us learn to tolarate each other and working in harmony. Why should the ruling party worry about the opposition if they are delivering what can be seen,by everyone? These propagandist articles wont help to unite Zambia but only serve to embitter those refered to.
kakolwe
July 28, 2012 at 6:55 am
Iwe chi Kasabo nachi Usenga, you are the fools who wipe your buttholes before ukunya. Stop preaching your utopian dreams to US. The party that proves its meto to the nation by 2016 will win. UPND or MMD have to prove that thay are better than PF. 11 months down the line, they have not. PF will have to prove that they have made life better for Zambia. 4yrs1month to go, they are still positioning themselves. Its the Zambian WOE!
kakolwe
July 28, 2012 at 7:05 am
1 year is almost gone:
PF, you have not yet established your gait. Confidence is wavering my dears.
UPND, you have not sold yourselves as a better alterative but continued to parade your cry-baby attitude.
MMD, you seem more lost than ever before, past president interferance.
THE REST: Your infancy stretches to the heavens.
Wake up all of you! We have a nation to build & develop
SOLWEZI BOY
July 28, 2012 at 8:58 am
@ KASABO , UR STORY IS VERY BORING AND TIME WASTING .ARE SURE U WILL BE THERE IN 3 YEARS TIME. BATATA , TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION AND INFLATION RATES ALSO ABOUT MAIZE BUYING BY THE GVT AND BREAD PRICES THAT ARE GOING UP.
tough gong
July 28, 2012 at 9:45 am
pa bwato ever nomba ninshi?
yalmaz
July 28, 2012 at 8:23 pm
atleast we are gonna hav a universty in luapula,viva bemba rule,oh! and chililabombwe wil be split into two chilila wil be a province and bombwe wil be its headquarters..
shimpundu
July 28, 2012 at 8:38 pm
ka HH nikachikala teti kabe president, nevers nao litole.we will try chipimo bamudala besu ba sata ngabapwisha 2 terms mu 2021.
Kaesha
July 28, 2012 at 8:42 pm
People why are you so so bitter and fighting each other. Lets unite and work together for the betterment of the nation. When unip was in power it was ****** question sit down,mmd they were untoucheables oppressors now its PF everyone is free to say anything why, because we are not scared of anything which means the atmosphere is good,good for change for good or for bad. Remember its five years. We are the voters.
Chi Kasabo Re--Loaded
July 29, 2012 at 12:38 pm
I think Kasabo has hit the nail to its head, the PF will win in 2016 no doubt. I am enjoying this, it turns out he is becoming the Chief Spin Doctor for the PF.
GMT
July 29, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Dreaming is not a crime! But the sooner one wakes up from slumber and realise that 90% of all dreams do not come to pass after all, the better for them! Politics is a strange science! Anything can happen by and before 2016! I am happy I trust in God who is everlasting and all-powerful!
Keen follower
July 29, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Sata and bembas he has appointed are not tribalists, its only that Sata has no capacity to rule! He only has capacity to be president of which its testimony that democracy does not always produce positive results!
Octopus Paul Bwalya
July 30, 2012 at 3:38 am
What a pathetic article bended on tribalism the kwacha is strong!!!! my foot where does the author of this artilce live. i take it he is in mars. cant u see the kwacha is at its waste rate evrer . this is the most useless government zambia has ever had, and Sata will join RB in the waste dustbin of zambia’s waste and useless presidents
Barotse diaspora
July 30, 2012 at 4:02 am
I foresèe the upside down picture. 30yrs from now PF govt thrashing to power smoothly without effort. may all desparate mmd and upnd not to despair
Nick
July 30, 2012 at 8:30 am
Flip flopping, thats the stage we are right now.
Inspector
July 30, 2012 at 11:22 am
To omagine that PF will win the elections in 2016 is wishful thinking. This article is from a PF propagandist and he writes in such a manner as he would wish things would turn out to be. The truth is there for all to see. There is no way this confused government with its confused cabinet can win a second term. People voted for change but are now regreting that the change has turned out to be a huge liability. The PF have lamentably failed to run government and thats why there is so much propaganda going on to try and manage the damage the PF has caused to the Zambian economy.
True Munthu
July 30, 2012 at 12:04 pm
A very shallow article.
Amamen
July 30, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Its common knowledge that ba tumfweko is now PF.
MundiaM
July 30, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Iyoo kwena! Is the writer serious? He writes just to excite a few Bemba haters and incite the over zealous PF cadres. This article is hollow and painfully shallow. Read an analysis by Sishuwa Sishuwa about the current position of the PF. It is simply too early. If in 3 years, they will fail to reduce unemployment through infrastructure development then, they are not worthy our collective votes. PF socialist policies are not easy to implement. I work in an OMC and today I received a query whether pump attendants salaries must be increased to match the minimum wage at current fuel margins? Socialism can trully cramp economic emancipation if sectoral approach to the economic policy implementation is not used. Who will bare the brunt of increased salaries? Is it the enterprenuer or the consumer? In certain industries costs are easily passed to the consumer (bakeries, but not in the petroleum industry where margins are controlled by the government. PF needs to priortise its development policies starting with reduced unemployment rates and consult widely on how to approach this with minimum damage on our budget deficit and inflation.
The article above did not inspire me at all!
NewZambia
July 30, 2012 at 7:45 pm
@Kasabo Kalussa, you easily forget so soon…..that during and before the camoaigns the bitter people were the pf,they insulted all others and ridiculed all even their fellow opposition then, including RB, the PF cannot ran away from that open fact…they will have to REAP what they were sowing and that’s God’s principle
NewZambia
July 30, 2012 at 7:46 pm
@Kasabo Kalussa, you easily forget so soon…..that during and before the campaigns the bitter people were the pf,they insulted all others and ridiculed all even their fellow opposition then, including RB, the PF cannot ran away from that open fact…they will have to REAP what they were sowing and that’s God’s principle